Year 12 - Development

Final development 

I developed this idea from my design ideas because I thought I could create a chair whilst it still looking the the building it was inspired by. I wanted to keep the same shape for each of these development ideas and just change the way the chair would fit together. My favourite idea included the straight bars downwards inside the chair as it was a way of keeping the chair secure when weight is being put on it whilst giving it a clearer look of the exact building. As the chair was in several layers it was easy to disassemble. 

Back-up development

Even though I didn't end up using this idea in the end, it was one of my favourite designs because of the unusual shapes it was made out of. There were many ways I could develop this idea including the way it stood, the arm rests if it was to have any and the back of the chair. I tried to create a few of these designs as models but was very complicated to make and wasn't realistic. The chair also had to be flat packed and these ideas were difficult to manage this. 

I focused on the base shape and how I would position my Art Deco shapes. As the shapes were very decorative I thought it was best to stick with a simple base otherwise it would be too much and could reduce the aesthetics overall. I had a circular base with different coloured layers keeping it fun and interesting. I designed several ways of how the shapes would fit onto the rod, I decided that the top design was most suitable as the lamp would look the same from each angle rather than there only having one side with a design.

Lamp developments

On this development sheet I focused on the Art Deco shapes again as well as the shape of the tubing. Unfortunately due to having only school machinery I wasn't able to create many of these ideas such as the tubing with 2 other tubes attached. However, one of my developments was to bend each of the shapes which I could have done but this would then restrict the lighting coming through the tubing so I didn't think it was as suitable.